Bright Sparks

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” Scott Adams

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We believe artists and creative practitioners play a necessary and important role in contributing to the overall health, development, and well-being of our society. They can challenge our view of the world and also help us understand it better. They can bring beauty, excitement and joy to our lives. They can inspire and provoke in equal measures.

DG Unlimited (DGU) recognises the valuable role of creative practitioners and the Bright Sparks Fund aims to support practitioners from any discipline to create innovative and ambitious new work.

Bright Sparks is part of Creatives Unlimited, which is DGU’s one-year programme that aims to support creative practitioners to raise ambition, stimulate growth and help fulfil their potential. Specifically, Bright Sparks aims to:

enable artists to take creative risks in the pursuit of furthering their creative practice;

fund creative ideas that inspire people, fill people with energy and enthusiasm to experience the arts in Dumfries and Galloway.

We want to hear from established creative practitioners who have at least 3yrs experience working as a professional artist and can demonstrate a good track record.

BRIGHT SPARKS FUND: KEY POINTS

The core purpose of Bright Sparks is to support creative risk-taking and excellence;

We want to hear from creative practitioners, including practitioners collaborating together, based in Dumfries and Galloway, who have innovative and original ideas;

Simple application process:

Discuss your idea with a member of the DGU team who will email you an Expression of Interest Form if it fits with the aims of Bright Sparks;

Shortlisted applicants present their ideas to the awards panel in a method of their choice for example, discussion, film, powerpoint presentation, performance, audio recording;

We have no predetermined view on the types of ideas that we will support;